Improvement in cheese boxes



` To whom tt may concern ings, and in Which- KIMeA-LL, ofFfWAfrEn'roWN,NEW Yon-K.

`Leers Patent No. 90,107, zaad May 1s, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT `IN' GHvElElSIhl-BOXIEFS.`

The Schedule referred to in these Vlaettem Patent and making part o! theserge,

Be it known that I, V. P. KIMBALL, of Watertown in the countyofJeierson, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovements inxBoxing Oheeseyand AI hereby declare the follow- -ingtobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghadlto the accompanying 'draw-` Figure l. isa perspective View oftcheeseboxed in Aaccordance `with my invention.

Figure 2 is a verticalcentral sect-ion through the box, or casing.A

'Figure 3`is atop view of the papel-blank, which is `applied to the topandbottom of the oheese,as hereinafter` described. A v My inventionrelates `to the method of and means for boxing cheese fortransportation; and o Its object is to devise a way in whichthecasing,or

box', canalways, be made to fit the cheese tightly,

l whatever may bethe varying size of the latter; and

also, to produce a box which shall'be lighter, stronger in proportion tothe amount of material employed, and

` b cheaper, bothlas regards the cost of material and expense ofmanufacture, than has heretofore beenfthe case. To this end,

My invention'may be stated to consist- First, irl-"forming the cover fortheends ofthe cheese `cfa disk of ,paper, the Youter edge of WhichlisVbent down over the end of the. cheese, and is there held in place bymeansof a metallic or other hoop,r'pressedA down over the cover, solasto encircle the cheese, `and tofhold the rbent edge ofthe coverppon thesides of the cheese. i y i Second, in the method of boxing cheese,by theemployment of a paper strip, to encircle the sides of the cheese, which,after being placedv upon the cheese, is secured by means of the bentedges and the encircling hoops of the paper covers, applied tothe cheeseends, as aforesaid. b i l The nature/of my invention will be readilyunderstodd, by reference to -the accompanying drawings. y In iig. `3 isrepresented the"l form in which I prefer to make the paper disks, orblanks, which, when applied t'o the cheese, constitute thecovers for theends The disk, or blank,i A,qis of sufficiently greater `di ameter thanthe cheese to allowv the necessary length at4 the outer edge to beturned down, so as to form' the sides, or rim of the cover.'V 'i Y Andthis outer portionof the blank is provided with a series of slits, tofacilitate the operation of bending down the edge or this portioneftheblank, instead of being slit, can be crimped for the same purl pose.' ii I b When the end of the cheese yis .to hecovered, the vblank A isapplied to the end, and then that portion 0f it which projects beyondthe cheese is bent down `over the edge, and so as to fit snugly aroiindthe sides i of the latter. The slits a render this operation easy, andallow the divided portionsoi` the blank to overlap each other,'as

shown in fig. 1.

Ahoop, B, of metal or other material, and of the proper size, is thenpressed down, so as to tightly`en. vcircle the rim, and to hold thecover firmly in posi- `tion upon the cheese, and the operation iscompleted without further trouble. 4

It will be noticed that the expense and trouble of box-making are thuscompletely avoided; and not only that, but the cover can be madeinvariablyto fit the cheese snugly and accurately, the` outer portion ofthe cover, which forms the rim, being bent down over and fitted to thecheese after the cover is applied to the l end ofthe same.

Ing. l, both ends of the cheese are represented `as protected by covers;and in order to fullyprotect the sides of the cheese, 4without 'at thesame timetnecessitating the formation of a box, in the .ordinary senseofthe term, I wrap around the cheese a loose strip, or bandof paper, C,which, inwidth, should be equal to thethickness of the cheese, andshouldhave azsuilicient lengthto allow its loose ends to at least overlap,when theband is Wound around the cheese- The band is applied tothecheese first, and then the disks A are placed upon the ends, and theirdi- Y vided outer edges are pressed down over the sides, or edges oftheband, and there heldby the hoops C, so as to partially or wholly'enclose the band, as shown in iig, 2, thus preventing all possibility ofits becoming disengaged.

' The cheese,jb y .such simple, cheap, yet effective means, can beexpeditiously boxed for transportation. As the casing, from the mannerin whichitis applied, invariably iits the cheese snugly, no more room istaken up than is absolutely necessary,`while at the same time it is, forthe same reason, rendered stronger,

more durable, and better able to resist the hard usage o to which,attimes, it is subjected,

With regard to the material of which the casing is composed, I prefer touse box-board, or straw-board,

and like stock, but of course any kind of paper that Y the manufacturerprefers can be employed' for they purpose.

The methodgof covering the ends of `thecheese f' may be employed evenwhere a loose side-wrapper,

0,'is not employed, but I prefer, however, to use the the thiee parts,viz, the loose-band O, blanks A, and i hoops B, in conjunction.` o v lHaving now described my invention, and the manner" in which the same isor may be carried into effect A ent, is-

1; Forming the cover for the cheese-ends'of a paper What I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patf.

disk, or blank,vthe oteqor projecting portion of which and appliedsubstantially as herein 4shown and speciis bent down over the end andu'pon the sides of the fied.

cheese, and is at exje held, by means-of a metallic or In testimony whenf I halve -signed my name to other hoop,ap1li:d\to said @over andcheese, snbstanthis speoiieatio, before two subscribing witnesses.

tially in the n mand for the purposes set forth. V.' 1. KIMJBALL.

2. The mm of boxing cheese by the employe ,Witnessesz ment of a my lstrip, or band, to encircle the sides WM. H. KJMBAM., of the cheese, incombination with the covers for the J. H. CAMP.

ends, and the hoops Afor holding the same, constructed

